Tristan Southall is a marine industry analyst with extensive experience in questions of sustainable marine resource exploitation, working with a wide spectrum of stakeholders. His expertise includes project management, feasibility studies, policy analysis and management advice and draws on extensive understanding of management and operations of a number of marine industries – notably capture fisheries and aquaculture. This is supported by a solid understanding and appreciation of marine ecosystems and a practical understanding of working at sea. Tristan has considerable experience of the EU Common Fisheries Policy and has coordinated EU fisheries training and promotion activities. This is combined with an understanding of a range of non-EU marine management systems in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Russia, Turkey, Suriname, Senegal and the Gambia.